English
Grammar:
Select the word or phrase that makes the sentence grammatically correct.
1. A tuberculin skin test should be read within 24 hrs.
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administration.
a. Of
b. Since
c. As
d. From
2. The student ______ for the final exam.
a. Didn’t studied
b. Was studying
c. Studied hardly
d. Would have study
3. My mother and___ went shopping for clothes yesterday.
a. Us
b. Me
c. Myself
d. I
4. She went to the party______ her dislike for the host.
a. Although
b. Even though
c. Despite of
d. In spite of
5. The accident_________ if the motorist had obeyed the speed limit
sign.
a. Never would have happened
b. Never would happen
c. Never happened
d. Would happen never
6. She was so mad at her boyfriend, she_____ on him when he called.
a. Terminated
b. Hanged up
c. Yelled
d. Hang up
7. ____ are very ancient people.
a. The chineses
b. Chineses
c. The Chinese
d. Chinese
8. If they ____ that the weather was going to be so bad, they wouldn’t
have gone to the beach.
a. Had known
b. Were knowing
c. Knew
d. Known
9. John Kennedy was a senator before he ____ President in 1960.
a. Was electing
b. Elected
c. Had elected
d. Was elected
10.It is required that he ________ the payment immediately.
a. Send
b. Sent
c. Sends
d. Sended
11.He tried to remember that names of all the people_________ were
there that night.
a. Whom
b. That
c. Whose
d. Which
12.A synonym is a word _________ a meaning similar to another word.
a. Who have
b. That have
c. Who is having
d. Having
13.After having robbed the bank,_______.
a. The back president offered a reward for the thief.
b. The thief’s wife became very nervous.
c. The police searched for the thief from many weeks.
d. The thief hid at the house of a friend.
Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not used correctly.
1) After the policeman had ran for several miles, he finally caught up with
the man who had stolen the purse.
a) Had ran
b) Several miles
c) Who
d) Up with
2) The man’s heart attack scared him badly and he decided having a regular
check-up from then on.
a) Having
b) Man’s
c) Badly
d) From
3) Based on the principals of asepsis, the nurse should consider a sterile
packet below waist level to be contaminated.
a) To be
b) Principals
c) Asepsis
d) Waist
4) I will call you when I will get back from visiting my sister.
a) Visiting
b) My
c) When
d) Will get
5) Her mother asked her what would she do after she graduated from
college.
a) From
b) Her
c) Would
d) She
6) When you add sugar to it, your cup of coffee becomes not only sweet,
also fattening.
a) Also
b) Becomes
c) To
d) Cup of
7) The sales man recommended that he keeps his receipt for at least a
month.
a) That
b) For
c) Keeps
d) At least
8) It seem like the sun never shines on Saturday.
a) Seem,
b) It
c) Never
d) Shines
9) Of the many people what she interviewed; she chose the one with most
experience.
a) What
b) Experience
c) With
d) Of the
10) Long before his death, Pablo Picasso had became one of the most
important artists in history.
a) In
b) Long before
c) Had became
d) The most
11) The physician started to perform the operation, but the patient was not
yet completely under anesthesia.
a) Started to
b) Perform
c) Was not
d) Completely under
12) Before his death at age 82, comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s motto
was, “I don’t get no respect.”
a) No
b) Was
c) At
d) Before
13) The mailperson’s job is to put the envelope’s in every mailbox on the
block.
a) Every
b) Block
c) Envelope’s
d) Mailperson’s
14) The charge nurse overheard the nursing assistant discussing the
private details of a client medical condition with personnel friend in the
hospital cafeteria.
a) Details
b) Overheard
c) Client’s
d) Personnel
15) The car that he had seen at the Ford dealer was the one that he final
decided to buy.
a) Was
b) Had seen
c) To buy
d) Final
16) He had already finished studying at a [Show Less]